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It may seem strange that a roots publication such as American Blues Scene would feature the work of a classical pianist, even if that work includes Willie Nelson’s “Changing Skies,” Stephen Foster’s “Hard Times Come Again No More,” and the traditional “In The Sweet By And By.” Hold These Truths, the new album by Lara Downes,...


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Dan Auerbach’s path to North Mississippi HiIl Country Blues began at the library in downtown Akron, Ohio. As a kid and a fledgling guitar player, Auerbach watched Alan Lomax’s American Patchwork VHS tapes featuring Fred McDowell at the library.

While Auerbach burst onto the music scene in the early 2000s with the Black Keys


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Let’s just say I’m hardly a football kinda gal. I don’t know a Cover 2 from a cover song. Ask me what a running back is running back from, and we’ll both walk away with more questions than answers. But I can tell you exactly why I still keep a vintage 1970s Bears mug on my desk, alongside a Bears gnome. It’s the mug I drank from on Papa’s dock in 1993, and the same one I reac...


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With temperatures soaring well above 110 degrees outside, Kurt Vile and the Violators brought a welcome change of pace to Phoenix, Arizona. Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band kicked things off with a short set that established the tone before Vile delivered the cool, laid-back atmosphere that filled the Van Buren and made for an ideal Friday n...


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The word goofer comes from the Bantu kufua and the Ki-Kongo kufa. Both mean “to die.” Goofer dust (also known as “goober dust”) is powder made from a mix of graveyard dirt and other ingredients, such as salt and powdered snakeskin. It’s used as a curse to kill or harm someone. A goofer bag is a bag of charms that protects the wearer from such deadly spells.<...


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